LIFE Mission Case : Supreme Court Adjourns M Sivasankar's Bail Plea By Two Weeks After ED Seeks Time To File Response

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted the Enforcement Directorate two weeks' time to file its response in the plea by M. Sivasankar, Former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala, seeking bail on medical grounds. Sivasankar had approached the Top Court seeking bail in a money laundering case in connection with the LIFE Mission corruption case on grounds of ill-health....

Supreme Court Agrees To Consider Early Listing Of Pleas Challenging Marital Rape Exception

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stated that it would consider listing the pleas concerning the constitutional validity of Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code which provides exception to non-consensual matrimonial sex from the offence of rape. The batch of petitions was to be listed on May 9, 2023 after it could not be heard by a bench comprising Chief Justice DY...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Independent Probe Into Alleged Fake Encounters In Assam

The Supreme Court has issued notice on a plea filed against the Gauhati High Court’s refusal to entertain a PIL filed in 2021 seeking independent investigation of alleged fake encounters in Assam.The bench of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, Justice Aravind Kumar said, “Issue notice. Let notice be also served through standing counsel for the State.”The petitioner claims that the PIL was...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea Relating To Effects Of Radiation From Mobile Towers On September 5

The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted to September 5 a bunch of petitions relating to the effects of electromagnetic radiation generated by mobile phone towers.A bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh was hearing appeals arising out of a Rajasthan High Court judgment which upheld a government notification prescribing a minimum distance of 500 meters for mobile towers from...

SEBI Circular On Disclosure Of Material Events By Listed Entities Under Regulations 30 And 30a Of SEBI (Listing Obligations And Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has released a significant clarification regarding the disclosure of material events and information by listed entities under Regulations 30 and 30A of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The circular, issued on July 13, 2023, aims to enhance transparency and ensure timely disclosure of...

‘Dissenting Speech Always Seen As Symptom Of Conspiracy’: Akhil Gogoi Moves Supreme Court Challenging Sedition and Similar Offences

Assamese activist-turned-politician Akhil Gogoi has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the offence of sedition contained in Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 along with related offences “which employ similar logic of sedition inasmuch as they entail the same ingredients”. The petitioner – an...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Selection Process To Judicial Services By Gauhati, Gujarat, Patna High Courts

The Supreme Court recently refused to interfere with the selection process to judicial services conducted by the Gauhati High Court, Gujarat High Court and Patna High Court in a batch of matters being heard by the Top Court in a reference made to the Constitution Bench in Tej Prakash Pathak and others v. Rajasthan High Court and others (2013) 4 SCC 540.A Constitution Bench led by Chief...

Allahabad HC Judge Seeks Rly Officials’ Explanation Over ‘Displeasure’ & ‘Inconvenience’ Caused To Him During Train Journey

Justice Gautam Chowdhary of Allahabad High Court has called for an explanation from the concerned ‘erring officials, GRP personnel and pantry Car manager’ for the inconvenience caused to him during his train journey on July 8 (New Delhi- Prayagraj). The letter addressed to General Manager, North Central Railway, Prayagraj by Registrar (Protocol) Allahabad High Court, states...

Plea To Publish Clinical Trials Data Of Rotavac Vaccine : Supreme Court To Hear After 3 Weeks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in a PIL seeking publication of segregated date of the clinical trial (phase III) of the vaccine Rotavac administered to infants to protect against diarrhoea.. A bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh was hearing a petition filed by S Srinavasan in 2016 seeking publication of the data of the clinical trial of the vaccine...

Supreme Court Stays ED Probe Against Chhattisgarh Government Officers In Alleged Liquor Scam Case

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, asked the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to not proceed with investigation against Yash Tuteja, in relation to the Chhattisgarh liquor scam. Yash is the son of Anil Tuteja, IAS officer, whom the ED has identified as a kingpin of the syndicate for illegal supply of liquor in Chhattisgarh. The Apex Court had previously directed the agency to refrain from taking...

Kerala Court Acquits Auto Drivers Accused Of Threatening, Harassing Woman For Hiring Uber Taxi At Railway Station

A Kerala Court recently acquitted four auto rikshaw drivers who were accused of threatening and harassing a woman for hailing an Uber Taxi at a railway station. The Judicial First Class Magistrate-II Balram M.K. acquitted the accused persons on noting that the prosecution had failed to prove that they committed the offences alleged against them or acted in furtherance of common...

Supreme Court Says Delhi HC Can Hear St. Stephen's College's Plea Challenging DU's Mandate To Admit Minority Students Solely On CUET Score

The Supreme Court on Tuesday clarified that the Delhi High Court would be ‘at liberty’ to hear a writ petition filed by St Stephen’s college against a 2023 notification by the University of Delhi (DU) mandating that all categories of students – including those belonging to minority communities – would be admitted to undergraduate and post-graduate courses only on the basis of...